Siara Isaac
Nationality: Canada, France
EPFL AVP-E CAPE
RLC D1 740 (Rolex Learning Center)
Station 20
1015 Lausanne
Office: RLC D1 740
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EPFL AVP-E CAPE
RLC D1 740 (Rolex Learning Center)
Station 20
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 52 89
Office: RLC D1 740
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Expertise
Experiential and hands-on learning
Transversal skills for engineering students
Epistemic cognition
Education
Ph.D., Educational Research
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2021 – 2021
Lancaster University, UK
Directed by
Paul Ashwin
M.Sc., Bio-Organic Chemistry
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2008 – 2008
McGill University, Montreal
Directed by
Masad Damha
B.Sc., Honours Chemistry
|2001 – 2001 McGill University, Montreal
Selected publications
Employing epistemic micro-practices to assess progress and barriers in engineering students’ ethics development
Isaac, S., & Shew, A.
Published in Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education. Routledge. in 2024
Teaching Transversal Skills for Engineering Students—A practical playbook of activities with tangibles
Isaac, S., & de Lima, J.
Published in EPFL Press in 2024
Teaching assistants’ contributions to creating inclusive and equitable learning spaces in engineering
de Lima, J., Isaac, S., & Kovacs, H.
Published in European Journal of Engineering Education in 2024
Educating Engineering Students to Address Bias and Discrimination Within Their Project Teams
Isaac, S., Kotluk, N., & Tormey, R.
Published in Science and Engineering Ethics in 2023
Sustainability and Ethicality are Peripheral to Students’ Software Design
Isaac, S., Kothiyal, A., Borsò, P., & Ford, B.
Published in International Journal of Engineering Education in 2023
Facilitating Experiential Learning in Higher Education: Teaching and Supervising in Labs, Fieldwork, Studios, and Projects.
Tormey, R., & Isaac, S
Published in Routledge in 2022
Courses
Learning and collaboration in project
This course addresses the theoretical and practical basis of learning and how to facilitate learning through projects. Active exploration of models, contexts and tools used in project-based learning will help you to develop cognitive and collaboration skills applicable to any project-based context.
Lecturing and Presenting in Engineering
Informed by contemporary research on teaching engineering, participants design and deliver lessons for specific audiences. This course is relevant for teaching assistants and those who intend to make teaching science or engineering part of their career, in a formal or informal way.
Science and Engineering Teaching and Learning - FALL
ENG-624(a)
This course develops teaching skills through the introduction of research-informed approaches and the opportunity to practice strategies appropriate for higher education science and technology contexts (exercises, labs, projects and traditional courses).
Science and Engineering Teaching and Learning - SPRING
ENG-624(b)
This course develops teaching skills through the introduction of research-informed approaches and the opportunity to practice strategies appropriate for higher education science and technology contexts (exercises, labs, projects and traditional courses).
Supervising Students in Projects
The combination of practical and reflective activities in this course provide participants with evidence-informed teaching skills for supervising and evaluating students working on projects.